WEBVTT HIMSELF TO DEATH BY ACCIDENT THIS AFTERNOON. HE WAS AT HOME WITH HIS MOTHER AND 2 YEAR OLD BROTHER ... WHEN IT HAPPENED ON GARFIELD LANE. IT WAS JUST BEFORE TWO THIS AFTERNOON. SIMPSONVILLE POLICE ARE WAITING FOR WORD FROM THE CORONER. BUT THEY TELL US IT APPEARS THE BOY GOT HIS HANDS ON A GUN.. AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EVERYONE WAS... WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF. "that's one of the things we're trying to determine right now, where each person was in the house whenever the incident occurred. We do know the child was in a bedroom. We're not sure where everybody else was at." INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE WAS NO FATHER IN THE HOME. HE REPORTEDLY PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER THIS PAST MAY.